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How have I only just discovered google maps for space? If you, like me, did not know about this little piece of internet treasure, you must check it out! You can fly over moons and planets - and it's all real data 🤗 🔭🧪
👉: www.google.co.uk/maps/space/
👇: Dwarf planet Pluto!
👉: www.google.co.uk/maps/space/
👇: Dwarf planet Pluto!
December 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
How have I only just discovered google maps for space? If you, like me, did not know about this little piece of internet treasure, you must check it out! You can fly over moons and planets - and it's all real data 🤗 🔭🧪
👉: www.google.co.uk/maps/space/
👇: Dwarf planet Pluto!
👉: www.google.co.uk/maps/space/
👇: Dwarf planet Pluto!
Still my favourite book
In 1988 Umberto Eco wrote Foucault's Pendulum.
The plot is: a bunch of guys working at a self-publisher house, for fun, take their huge crackpot and crank slush pile and jam it all together using a simple markov chain program written in BASIC.
They create a Grand Unified Conspiracy Theory.
The plot is: a bunch of guys working at a self-publisher house, for fun, take their huge crackpot and crank slush pile and jam it all together using a simple markov chain program written in BASIC.
They create a Grand Unified Conspiracy Theory.
December 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Still my favourite book
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Found this today on Instagram and had to share. (The artist, Siberian Lizard, is not on Bluesky.)
December 18, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Found this today on Instagram and had to share. (The artist, Siberian Lizard, is not on Bluesky.)
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Got an appointment from the hospital. At the top of the first page is my name, address, NHS number and patient number. The first two pages of the letter tell me where and when and remind me that I should bring my hearing aids/walking stick/whatever other helps I might need. The usual stuff. (1/4)
December 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Got an appointment from the hospital. At the top of the first page is my name, address, NHS number and patient number. The first two pages of the letter tell me where and when and remind me that I should bring my hearing aids/walking stick/whatever other helps I might need. The usual stuff. (1/4)
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They developed the "high school girl's sports" angle as a wedge issue, to lever their way up to full society-wide discrimination. What's endlessly stunning to me is how many purported liberals a) helped them when it started & b) are still helping them even after the larger purpose has become clear!
December 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
They developed the "high school girl's sports" angle as a wedge issue, to lever their way up to full society-wide discrimination. What's endlessly stunning to me is how many purported liberals a) helped them when it started & b) are still helping them even after the larger purpose has become clear!
My family is Jewish. I am not a prcatising Jew, but in the words of a friend I would have been 'good enough for Hitler'. I live in a small village. My neigbours have commented, frequently, over the years that I do not put up any Christmas lights on my house. I say nothing....
December 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
My family is Jewish. I am not a prcatising Jew, but in the words of a friend I would have been 'good enough for Hitler'. I live in a small village. My neigbours have commented, frequently, over the years that I do not put up any Christmas lights on my house. I say nothing....
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and Tiny Tim, eternal, unchanging, wanders still ... :D
"And Tiny Tim, who did not die" = heartwarming, Christmassy.
"And Tiny Tim, who would not die" = sinister, alarming.
"And Tiny Tim, who would not die" = sinister, alarming.
December 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
and Tiny Tim, eternal, unchanging, wanders still ... :D
One of the dubious joys of getting older is that you start to collect medical issues. In my case the main one is type II diabetes. The NHS picked this up in a routine screening. In retrospect is was probably about 9 months after I started expericencing intermittent tiredness, dizzyness & nausea.
December 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
One of the dubious joys of getting older is that you start to collect medical issues. In my case the main one is type II diabetes. The NHS picked this up in a routine screening. In retrospect is was probably about 9 months after I started expericencing intermittent tiredness, dizzyness & nausea.
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The blissful unawareness of millennials who do not remember the threat of the USSR and mutually assured destruction.
If you were 5 when the Berlin wall came down and grew up in the West in the decade of hope that was the 1990s, maybe you just have zero radar for Russian aggression.
Which is real.
If you were 5 when the Berlin wall came down and grew up in the West in the decade of hope that was the 1990s, maybe you just have zero radar for Russian aggression.
Which is real.
What are you even talking about! I am saying it is a delusional fantasy to suggest Russia is going to invade European countries like Poland, Germany or indeed the UK, which is the insane drivel currently being promoted in support of a disastrous arms race.
December 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The blissful unawareness of millennials who do not remember the threat of the USSR and mutually assured destruction.
If you were 5 when the Berlin wall came down and grew up in the West in the decade of hope that was the 1990s, maybe you just have zero radar for Russian aggression.
Which is real.
If you were 5 when the Berlin wall came down and grew up in the West in the decade of hope that was the 1990s, maybe you just have zero radar for Russian aggression.
Which is real.
The cat is behaving as if there is a mouse in the house. This probably means that last night's takeaway has escaped and is cowering somewhere in terror in between eating yet more of my carpet.
December 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The cat is behaving as if there is a mouse in the house. This probably means that last night's takeaway has escaped and is cowering somewhere in terror in between eating yet more of my carpet.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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97% OF PEOPLE: 'No Torment Nexus please.'
3% OF PEOPLE WHO ALSO HAPPEN TO BE PART OF TORMENT NEXUS PLC: 'Torment Nexus is good.'
POLITICIAN: 'It's so difficult to know what people really want.'
3% OF PEOPLE WHO ALSO HAPPEN TO BE PART OF TORMENT NEXUS PLC: 'Torment Nexus is good.'
POLITICIAN: 'It's so difficult to know what people really want.'
December 16, 2025 at 10:04 AM
97% OF PEOPLE: 'No Torment Nexus please.'
3% OF PEOPLE WHO ALSO HAPPEN TO BE PART OF TORMENT NEXUS PLC: 'Torment Nexus is good.'
POLITICIAN: 'It's so difficult to know what people really want.'
3% OF PEOPLE WHO ALSO HAPPEN TO BE PART OF TORMENT NEXUS PLC: 'Torment Nexus is good.'
POLITICIAN: 'It's so difficult to know what people really want.'
Today in retirement land I have looked out of the window and decided I will spend a good chunk of the morning soaking in the bath. The cat has decided that he will be supervising this activity from his perch in the sink, for I cannot be trusted with bubblebath.
December 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Today in retirement land I have looked out of the window and decided I will spend a good chunk of the morning soaking in the bath. The cat has decided that he will be supervising this activity from his perch in the sink, for I cannot be trusted with bubblebath.
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And let's not forget those who are born to be solicitors:
Argue and Phibb's a prominent Sligo practice established by W.H. Argue and Talbot Phibbs, operating from around 1919 until Phibbs' death in 1944.
Argue and Phibb's a prominent Sligo practice established by W.H. Argue and Talbot Phibbs, operating from around 1919 until Phibbs' death in 1944.
December 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
And let's not forget those who are born to be solicitors:
Argue and Phibb's a prominent Sligo practice established by W.H. Argue and Talbot Phibbs, operating from around 1919 until Phibbs' death in 1944.
Argue and Phibb's a prominent Sligo practice established by W.H. Argue and Talbot Phibbs, operating from around 1919 until Phibbs' death in 1944.
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There’s going to be a fairly rare chance to ride a train over a little used part of the railway tracks in east London, thanks to a lot of engineering work on the c2c line.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/cha...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/cha...
Chance to travel over a rarely used railway track in East London
There’s going to be a fairly rare chance to ride a train over a little used part of the railway tracks in east London, thanks to a lot of engineering work on the c2c line.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 7:02 AM
There’s going to be a fairly rare chance to ride a train over a little used part of the railway tracks in east London, thanks to a lot of engineering work on the c2c line.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/cha...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/cha...
It is taking longer than I had imagined to tame all the notifications that my new phone is sending by default to my watch (thank you Android transfer tool for ignoring all my old settings). The latest in a looong series is below.
The watch never tells me app has sent this.
The watch never tells me app has sent this.
December 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM
It is taking longer than I had imagined to tame all the notifications that my new phone is sending by default to my watch (thank you Android transfer tool for ignoring all my old settings). The latest in a looong series is below.
The watch never tells me app has sent this.
The watch never tells me app has sent this.
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Drunk Raccoon Named As Possible RFK Jr Successor
December 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Drunk Raccoon Named As Possible RFK Jr Successor
Christmas has arrived in the village
December 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Christmas has arrived in the village
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I have braved the local post office. The usual cast was there:
- ridiculously long queue, all with parcels to send overseas
- the slowest employee on duty, who regularly gets things wrong & is perpetually confused
- pushy woman who thinks she can queue jump
They ran out of 2nd class stamps. FFS.
- ridiculously long queue, all with parcels to send overseas
- the slowest employee on duty, who regularly gets things wrong & is perpetually confused
- pushy woman who thinks she can queue jump
They ran out of 2nd class stamps. FFS.
December 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I have braved the local post office. The usual cast was there:
- ridiculously long queue, all with parcels to send overseas
- the slowest employee on duty, who regularly gets things wrong & is perpetually confused
- pushy woman who thinks she can queue jump
They ran out of 2nd class stamps. FFS.
- ridiculously long queue, all with parcels to send overseas
- the slowest employee on duty, who regularly gets things wrong & is perpetually confused
- pushy woman who thinks she can queue jump
They ran out of 2nd class stamps. FFS.
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When this guidance is published (given legal standing), as it almost certainly will be, as a trans man I will not be allowed to use non-unisex public toilets. Which is almost every public toilet.
Just want that to sink in, there.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just want that to sink in, there.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Equality boss expects people to 'follow rules' over single-sex spaces
Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson said
www.bbc.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
When this guidance is published (given legal standing), as it almost certainly will be, as a trans man I will not be allowed to use non-unisex public toilets. Which is almost every public toilet.
Just want that to sink in, there.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just want that to sink in, there.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Chag Semeach, y’all! Behold the KRAKENORAH!
December 15, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Chag Semeach, y’all! Behold the KRAKENORAH!
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"To come inside this bog and pee
You must face my riddles three"
Changed on appeal to:
"If in this shitter you would piddle
You must answer me this riddle"
You must face my riddles three"
Changed on appeal to:
"If in this shitter you would piddle
You must answer me this riddle"
“We are setting up riddles outside every public toilet. Only the pure of heart may enter, fiddle-de-dee!”
every article on this topic does this same doublespeak it's so funny they have no idea how to make this work
December 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"To come inside this bog and pee
You must face my riddles three"
Changed on appeal to:
"If in this shitter you would piddle
You must answer me this riddle"
You must face my riddles three"
Changed on appeal to:
"If in this shitter you would piddle
You must answer me this riddle"
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They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
December 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
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"nobody is expecting there to be a toilet police" says Dr Stephenson of a policy whose sole purpose is to police toilets, and that "everyone has rights" of a policy that explicitly directs people not to allow trans people to use *either* toilet
When this guidance is published (given legal standing), as it almost certainly will be, as a trans man I will not be allowed to use non-unisex public toilets. Which is almost every public toilet.
Just want that to sink in, there.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just want that to sink in, there.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Equality boss expects people to 'follow rules' over single-sex spaces
Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson said
www.bbc.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
"nobody is expecting there to be a toilet police" says Dr Stephenson of a policy whose sole purpose is to police toilets, and that "everyone has rights" of a policy that explicitly directs people not to allow trans people to use *either* toilet